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Social media giant Meta on Thursday announced plans to lay off about 8,000 employees, or about 10% of its workforce, as it seeks to scale up development of artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The owner of social media platforms Facebookand Instagram, along with the messaging app Whatsapp, said in an internal memo that the first round

A US Army Special Forces soldier has been charged with using classified information to make more than $400,000 (€342,480) betting on an online prediction market tied to the January operation that captured former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the US Justice Department said on Thursday. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, allegedly used

A three-judge panel at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday confirmed that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte can stand trial on charges of crimes against humanity. The charges relate to Duterte's alleged role in overseeing a deadly anti-drug crackdown while serving as president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. The panel said there

Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to approve the sale of the company to Paramount. The deal could reshape Hollywood and the American media landscape, which critics say is already dominated by just a few powerful players. The European Commission and several US states, including California, are reviewing the merger. Executives at Paramount say the deal

European powers are moving to establish a multinational naval mission to secure shipping in the Strait of Hormuz after fighting in the Iran war disrupted traffic through one of the world’s most critical trade routes.  At talks in London this week, military planners from 30 countries met to discuss how such an operation could work in practice and how commercial vessels could be protected. What

Donald Trump likes to issue ultimatums, even if they don't end up being enforced. The US president issued one such deadline at the beginning of April, putting massive pressure on Iran, before announcing a 14-day ceasefire just as the time was about to run out. This deadline also passed without a result, and was again

The political situation in the Horn of Africa continues to be dominated by tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has left little doubt: During a television appearance earlier this week, he emphasized that it is "not feasible at any time" to continue viewing Ethiopia as a landlocked country. The country lost its access to

About 40,000 Samsung Electronics workers rallied on Thursday, demanding a larger share of the company's booming profits.   Unions warned they could launch an 18-day strike if their demands are not met, potentially disrupting the production of chips necessary to feed the growing AI industry. The South Korean giant said it would continue efforts to reach a swift agreement in ongoing wage negotiations.  What

A UK government minister told Parliament on Thursday that data from a health charity, UK Biobank, was briefly listed for sale by at least three vendors on the Chinese Alibaba e-commerce platform.  Ian Murray, the Labour MP for Edinburgh South and a minister of state at the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology, told Parliament

The German Bundeswehr has for the first time officially adopted a military strategy, citing an increasingly dangerous international situation. The strategy defines the future focus of the German armed forces and analyzes how the Bundeswehr can counter potential threats. "Rarely has a military strategy been as necessary as it is in this historic period," Defense